Firemen Overcome In Million Dollar Warehouse Blaze
Ten Los Angeles firemen were overcome as flames gutted the Los Angeles Warehouse building top floors housing sugar olive oil and fireworks. Fireworks at the scene intensified danger as two workers R C Luttman and Bill Adams were hospitalized with serious injuries and the blaze caused estimated damages over 1 million dollars.
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L.A
Jack Zuta
Los Angeles
R. C. Luttman
Bill Adams
Plague of Grasshoppers Advancing From Mexico
Heat and drought cripple central states as grasshoppers move from Mexico into Texas cotton country. Widespread crop ruin, depleted water, livestock losses, and an estimated $400 million in damage mark an escalating agricultural disaster as temperatures stay near 100 Fahrenheit.
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Mexico
Texas
Chicago
U.P
Central States
Butte Clergymen Transferred to New Parishes
Helena diocese announces new assignments affecting Butte Catholic churches. Father O Maley moves to Polson to lead the church there, while Father M M English returns to St. Ann's in Butte. Father C E Turnbull leaves Immaculate Conception to become pastor of Sacred Heart in Rowan.
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Helena
George J. Finnigan
Butte
Father O'Maley
St. Ann’s
Polson
M. M. English
Hamilton
Father O’maley
St. Ann's
Father English
St. Mary's Church
C. E. Turnbull
Immaculate Conception Church
Rowan
Sacred Heart Church
Father Turnbull
Mount St. Charles College
Helena man named grand chef de gare at Forty and Eight meet
O C Lamport of Helena elected grand chef de gare of the Forty and Eight during the Montana department American Legion twelfth annual convention in Butte. Other officers named include Russell Hart of Helena as grand correspondent and Owen Olson kalispell as grand chef de train. The gathering drew about 1000 participants with 625 convention registrations and extensive lodging demand as Gov Erickson prepared to review the parade lineup.
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Helena
Butte
Montana
Department of the American Legion
Bozeman
O. C. Lamport
American Legion
Russell Hart
Owen Olson
Kalispell
Ford Johnson
Vernon Crotteau
Libby
Nationaux
J. Ward Crosby
Legionnaires
T. H. Lantry
Northern Pacific Railway
Seattle
Siberia
Iowa
Women's Auxiliary
A. ©. Corbin
Poplar
J. E. Erickson
National
Brother Seeks Brother Found in Montana Hospital
A report from Butte Deaconess hospital confirms Glen Sawyer, sought for Edwin Sawyer's illness, was located after a Montana Standard tip. Edwin, in Rock Island hospital with a paralytic stroke, could not talk, and both brothers were unaware of each other's condition until discovered.
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Edwin Sawyer
Rock Island
Glen Sawyer
Butte Deaconess Hospital
J. J. Murphy
Murphy
Montana Standard
Standard
Sawyer
Arrangements Made for Butte Editorial Gathering
Butte committees finished plans for the three day Montana State Press association meeting opening Thursday. Officers and members arrive tomorrow for events. trophies for editorial excellence and a best golfer cup will be displayed in Montana windows.
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Butte
Montana State Press Association
Montana
Raiders Destroy Big Distilleries South of Butte
Federal Prohibition Agents Ben Holter and Ed Donovan dismantled and seized three distilleries during a three day raid campaign. Two plants were near Dillon and one in the hills south of Butte. they faced hidden, well equipped operations. A man named Peter Hansen was captured at dawn yesterday.
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Ben Holter
Ed Donovan
Dillon
Butte
Peter Hansen
Highland Kennel Club Dog Races Benefit For Butte Kids
The final day of the Highland Kennel Club dog races is set for tonight with proceeds benefiting the Lions Club summer camp for undersized and undernourished children of Butte.
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Highland Kennel Club
Lions’ Club
Milwaukee Road Chief in Butte Visiting Friends
H E Byram chairman of Milwaukee road boarded in Butte with Mrs Byram returning from Chicago July 24. They visited friends and Metals Bank officers and plan westward travel. Mrs Byram, popular with officials wives, often welcomes in social visits.
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Milwaukee Road
Butte
H. E. Byram
Milwaukee Railroad
Metals Bank and Trust Company
Mears Worries Over Loot Dog More Than Plane
John Henry Mears, aiming for a new round the world record, frets not over his badly wrecked plane but over his small mascot Tail Wind II, a runt of a dog valued chiefly to him. The incident occurred when his City of New York aircraft wrecked during a nighttime attempt to depart for Ireland from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. Continued on Page 2. Col. 2.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
John Henry Mears
New York
Mears
Ireland
New Orleans Girl Crowned Miss America
Dorothy Dell Golf of New Orleans was chosen Miss United States of America in the international pageant. Tomorrow she will compete with seven foreign contestants for the title Beauty Queen of the Universe.
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Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Dorothy Dell
United States of America
Reward in Idaho for Long family rescue ends in tense stand
In Boise the Long family four hungry children and their parents resisted charity efforts from Ada and Elmore counties. Officials hoped to place the children in a home and aid the parents toward a fresh start, but the escape to the mountains and threats of poisoning created a fierce confrontation.
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Boise
Idaho
Samaritan
William Long
Ada
Elmore
Long
Missionaries of Charity
Record Honors Stamp Four Weeks Camp Fire Work
Seven hundred honors were earned by Camp Fire Girls during the four weeks at Camp Tahepla on Georgetown lake. Miss Connie Hoover announced the record upon returning to Butte. Honors included national awards, special camp honors, and ranks in swimming nature work and handcraft. Seventy-eight girls received handcraft honors at a sunrise council fire Friday.
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Anaconda
Tahepla
Georgetown Lake
Connie Hoover
Butte
Sunrise Council
Montana to Have State Probation Man Under Plan
Washington reports the federal probation system will expand with 45 new probation officers plus nine existing, funded by congressional appropriations. The Justice Department announced locations for assignments though the specific case name was not disclosed. The plan covers districts including Massachusetts and Southern New.
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Montana
Washington
Department of Justice
Congress
Department
Massachusetts
New
Four youths found safe after hours in Crystal cave
Four Arizona youths were rescued after being lost for more than 26 hours in Crystal cave near Nogales. The boys, trapped in the cave’s chasms, were found safe and unharmed after a tense search by local rescuers and authorities. Continued on Page 2.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
Crystal Cave
Montana Weather Forecast Sees Warmer Southwest Tuesday
A Montana forecast calls for fair conditions in the east on Tuesday and Wednesday, with unsettled weather and possible local thunderstorms in the west. Warmer temperatures are expected in the southwest on Tuesday.
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Montana
Drought Crisis Prompted Grange Leader Visit to Hoover
Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, met President Hoover in Washington to seek federal aid for drought victims. He warned the situation is far more serious than understood after a 10 day tour of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Taber urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to cut rates on shipping live stock and hay and feed from the drought region to relieve the crisis.
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Washington
U.P
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Hoover
Taber
Culture Department
Mississippi
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Forest fires eased in Western Montana and Idaho
Forest officials reported improvement in the fire situation across Western Montana and Northern Idaho. The Marten Creek blaze in Cabinet forest was confined to 2,500 acres by 369 workers, Lavelle Creek fire checked after burning 80 acres, while East Selway fires were under control and a small blaze near Evaro was patrolled.
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Missoula
Mont
Montana
Idaho
Marten Creek
Cabinet Forest
Lavelle Creek
Here
East
Selway Forest
Evaro
Montana counties urged to trim budgets to necessities
Montana state board of equalization warned county commissioners that preliminary budgets for the current year exceed last year's. It cited a $10,116,271 property tax levy for county upkeep, the largest since 1922, and noted a $12,000,000 county school levy in 1929, the largest in state history.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Montana
Board of Equalization
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Tribune
Wisconsin
Zuta
Lingle
Sam Hunt
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Frederick C. Othman
Butte Editorial Gathering
Big Diotilleries
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Hunter Brothers
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Weather Forecast
National Grange Leader
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